Places to Visit within 60 km of Szilvásvárad

Nagyvisnyó (5 km from Szilvásvárad)

Church with coffered ceiling, the protected Mihalovics stone quarry and other paleontological sites. Nagyvisnyó fishing lake.

 

Dédestapolcsány (13 km from Szilvásvárad)

Remains of medieval and Bronze Age castles, a protected slate quarry in the Bán Valley (no longer in use), and a nature trail around the Lázbérc Reservoir. Lázbérc fishing lake.

 

Uppony (24 km from Szilvásvárad)

The Vízköz gorge with Keresztes-kő to the north and Eszkála-tető above Sima-kő to the south (linked to the Salamander Study Trail). Castle ruins: Dedevár, Földvár and Kisvár.

 

Bükkmogyorósd (5 km from Szilvásvárad)

Ruins of an abandoned village, Salamon Castle and Kasztonvár.

 

Tardona (15 km from Szilvásvárad)

Jókai House, Tardona fishing lake.

 

Bükkszentlélek (25 km from Szilvásvárad)

Pauline monastery ruins, Örvény-kő with the Jókai Memorial, Látó-kövek lookout points, caves and hiking trails. Through the Mária Spring and the Csondró Valley to Mályinka.

 

Lillafüred (40 km from Szilvásvárad)

Show caves: St. Stephen’s dripstone cave (30-minute tour, curative climate) and Anna Cave, a rare sinter cave. Prehistoric caves: Szeleta Cave (type site of the Szeleta culture), Kecskelyuk, Büdöspest, Felső-forrás Cave, Kőlyuk and Hillebrand Jenő Cave (last two by permit only). Other attractions: Palotaszálló, Lillafüred Waterfall, Hanging Gardens, narrow-gauge forest railway, trout farm, Fehérkőlápa, Herman Ottó Memorial House.

 

Hámor (40 km from Szilvásvárad)

Metallurgy Museum, grave of Ottó Herman, climbing school, prehistoric caves (Herman Ottó Cave, Puskaporosi Rock Shelter, Szinvaszoros Cave).

 

Ómassa and Újmassa (40 km from Szilvásvárad)

Ancient smelter, Fazola Henrik Memorial Museum, Industrial Heritage Park, Tourist Memorial Park, Sebes Stream Valley, trout farm, outlaw caves (Barkó’s Hole, Vidrócki Cave).

 

Bükkszentlászló (52 km from Szilvásvárad)

Bronze Age rampart and Celtic oppidum, Tatár Gorge and Cave.

 

Bükkszentkereszt (50 km from Szilvásvárad)

Glass Museum, IV. Béla Memorial, healing stones, open-air ethnographic collection, Stone of Our Lady, herb garden and house, lime kilns.

 

Miskolc (60 km from Szilvásvárad)

Highlights: Cave Bath at Miskolctapolca, prehistoric caves (permit only), Avas lookout, Reformed Church with old cemetery, Herman Ottó Museum, Leányvár sacred site, rock church of Görömböly, Diósgyőr Castle, adventure park.

 

Répáshuta (55 km from Szilvásvárad)

Prehistoric caves: Balla Cave, Rejtek Rock Shelter, Pongor Hole. Glassworks ruins, forest cemetery, the Bükk’s only katavothra sinkhole, Odorvár, Füzérkő Castle, Csúnya Valley gorge. Village museum and Great Meadow.

 

Cserépváralja (50 km from Szilvásvárad)

Kő Valley, beehive stones, Farkas Rock prehistoric cave, ruins of Cserépvár Castle. Cave-dwelling museum house.

 

Cserépfalu (50 km from Szilvásvárad)

Four-level wine cellar row, cave dwellings, Millennium lookout, Suba Hole Museum and Cave (Neanderthal site), outlaw caves, rhyolite gorge.

 

Felsőtárkány (30 km from Szilvásvárad)

Prehistoric and medieval castle ruins, Kőköz gorge, monastery ruins of Barát-rét, slate quarry, intermittent springs (Imó and Vöröskő), prehistoric caves. Narrow-gauge railway, Felsőtárkány Lake, riding stables.

 

Eger (30 km from Szilvásvárad)

Castle of Eger, Minaret, Dobó Square, Archbishop’s Garden, cellars and catacombs, Gárdonyi House, museums, Szépasszony Valley wine cellars, Turkish minaret, thermal bath.

 

Egerszalók (35 km from Szilvásvárad)

Beehive stones, cave dwellings, hot spring and salt hill, Egerszalók Lake, Butterfly Museum.

 

Egerbakta (35 km from Szilvásvárad)

Bakta tarn (small mountain lake).

 

Sirok (45 km from Szilvásvárad)

Sirok Castle, village museum, Kőkút Chapel, Nyírjes Lake, Monk and Nun Rock formations.

 

Recsk (60 km from Szilvásvárad)

National Memorial Park, Calvary, Village Museum.

 

Parádfürdő (60 km from Szilvásvárad)

Csevice springs, Cifra Stable and Carriage Museum, Ilona Valley waterfall and trail, mineral water collection.

 

Bogács (45 km from Szilvásvárad)

Beehive stones and lookout, Bogács Thermal Bath, wine cellars.

 

Bükkszék (40 km from Szilvásvárad)

Strand and medicinal spa.

 

Mátraderecske (50 km from Szilvásvárad)

Carbonated bath and mofetta, Kanázs Castle, Heroes’ Park.

 

Bükkszenterzsébet (30 km from Szilvásvárad)

The “Hungarian Meteora” sandstone towers.

 

Felnémet (25 km from Szilvásvárad)

Berva Cave.

 

Szarvaskő (20 km from Szilvásvárad)

Geological study trail, pillow lavas, castle ruins, village museum.

 

Mónosbél (10 km from Szilvásvárad)

Castle, Gilitka Chapel, Ágazat-bérc quarry.

 

Bélapátfalva (7 km from Szilvásvárad)

Cistercian Abbey and monastery ruins at Bélháromkút, Bélkő study trail, Gyár Lake, local museum, amusement park.

 

Sajómercse (25 km from Szilvásvárad)

Czimer Mill, Mercse Castle ruins, Kakasvár, Tomori family stronghold.

 

Putnok (35 km from Szilvásvárad)

Gömör Museum, Holló László Gallery, Serényi Castle, Putnok fishpond, Kakasvár, Kányás Peak, Primeval Beech Forest, Magas-Bérc study trail.

 

Kelemér (45 km from Szilvásvárad)

Mohos lakes, ruins of a medieval castle, “thousand-year-old” oak tree, Mihály Tompa Memorial House.

 

Gömörszőlős (50 km from Szilvásvárad)

Artists’ colony, ethnographic collection, open-air agricultural museum, wool-weaving workshop, crafts and artworks. Historic Gömör houses.

 

Sajó Valley (32 km from Szilvásvárad)

Series of castles: Korcsolyás Peak, Várdomb of Barcika, Ivánka Castle, Vadna Castle, Galgóc Castle, Sajónémeti Castle Hill, Fairy Park.

 

Ragály (50 km from Szilvásvárad)

Village church in folk baroque style, Balassa Castle, Bálint Balassi Memorial, oak memorial tree.

 

Rudabánya (45 km from Szilvásvárad)

Museum of Mining and Minerals, Aladár Földvári mineral collection, 14th-century church with coffered ceiling, prehistoric hominid site, ruins of Csorbakő Castle, Rudabánya mine lake.

 

Aggtelek (66 km from Szilvásvárad)

The Baradla Cave (UNESCO World Heritage Site, sometimes hosting concerts), 200-year-old bell tower with a 350-year-old bell, “Devil’s Ploughing,” Ravasz Hole, Red Lake cliffs.

 

Jósvafő (62 km from Szilvásvárad)

Village museum, church with coffered ceiling and defensive walls.

 

Edelény (50 km from Szilvásvárad)

L’Huillier-Coburg Palace, Borsod Earthwork.

 

Szendrő (60 km from Szilvásvárad)

Castle once besieged by the Turks, bastion converted into a bell tower, baroque church.